Soyuz Craft Lands Short of Destination
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Malaysia\'s first space traveler Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor gestures arriving in the town of Kustanai in north-central Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 21 2007, shortly after landing on board of a Soyuz spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts. Malaysia's first space traveler and two Russian cosmonauts endured high gravitational overloads Sunday when a technical glitch sent their Soyuz spacecraft on a steeper-than-normal ride back to Earth, but they landed safely and were feeling fine, officials said.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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